6th grade Children's books
120 books in the children's genre commonly assigned to 6th gradestudents — every title’s grade range covers 6th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Each links to its reading level, themes, and the curricula that cite it.
120 6th grade children's books
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- A Life in the WildPamela S. Turner
- A Racecourse for AndyPatricia Wrightson
- A Ray of LightWalter Wick
- A Scar like a RiverLisa Graff
- A Sitting in St. JamesRita Williams-Garcia
- A Wizard of EarthseaUrsula K. Le Guin
- A World Without SummerNicholas Day
- Abigail AdamsNatalie S. Bober
- Absolutely Positively NotDavid LaRochelle
- Ajeemah and His SonJames Berry
- An American PlagueJim Murphy
- Anthony BurnsVirginia Hamilton
- Arthur, For the Very First TimePatricia MacLachlan
- Ashley BryanAshley Bryan
- Behind Barbed WireDaniel S. Davis
- Between Shades Of GrayRuta Sepetys
- Black EnoughIbi Zoboi
- Black PotatoesSusan Campbell Bartoletti
- Blink and CautionTim Wynne-Jones
- Bucking the SargeChristopher Paul Curtis
- Cartwheeling in ThunderstormsKatherine Rundell
- CarverMarilyn Nelson
- Child of the OwlLaurence Yep
- Children of the Great DepressionRussell Freedman
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- Chimney Sweeps · James Cross Giblin
- Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun · Rhoda Blumberg
- Conrad's War · Andrew Davies
- Death in the Jungle · Candace Fleming
- Dooby Dooby Moo · Doreen Cronin
- Dust to Eat · Michael L. Cooper
- Eleanor & Park · Rainbow Rowell
- Electric Ben · Robert Byrd
- FIREBOAT · Maira Kalman
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt · Russell Freedman
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt · Russell Freedman
- From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry · Paula Yoo
- Goldengrove ; Unleaving · Jill Paton Walsh
- Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs · Mo Willems
- Grasshopper Jungle · Andrew Smith
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows · J. K. Rowling
- Humbug Mountain · Sid Fleischman
- Infinite Hope · Ashley Bryan
- Jenny of the Tetons · Kristiana Gregory
- Kin · Carole Boston Weatherford
- Laura Ingalls Wilder · Tanya Lee Stone
- Leon's Story · Leon Walter Tillage
- Lifeboat 12 · Susan Hood
- Little Little · M. E. Kerr
- Lord of the Deep · Graham Salisbury
- M.C. Higgins, the Great · Virginia Hamilton
- Make Lemonade · Virginia Euwer Wolff
- Marching For Freedom · Elizabeth Partridge
- Martha Graham · Russell Freedman
- Me, My Goat, and My Sister's Wedding · Stella Pevsner
- Milo · Alan Silberberg
- Missing May · Cynthia Rylant
- Most Dangerous · Steve Sheinkin
- Nation · Terry Pratchett
- No Crystal Stair · Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
- One Candle · Eve Bunting
- Orphan Train Rider · Andrea Warren
- Panama Canal · Judith St. George
- Photographic · Isabel Quintero
- Playing Beatie Bow · Ruth Park
- Poppy · Avi
- Poverty in America · Milton Meltzer
- Remember Us · Jacqueline Woodson
- Revolution · Deborah Wiles
- Rules of the Road #1 · Joan Bauer
- Sojourner Truth · Pat McKissack
- Some of the Kinder Planets · Tim Wynne-Jones
- Stones in Water · Donna Jo Napoli
- Summer of My German Soldier · Bette Greene
- Sunshine: A Graphic Novel · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush · Virginia Hamilton
- Tancy · Belinda Hurmence
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I · M. T. Anderson
- The Bird House · Cynthia Rylant
- The Boxer · Kathleen Karr
- The Boy and the Samurai · Erik Christian Haugaard
- The Circuit Graphic Novel · Francisco Jiménez
- The Dark Is Rising · Susan Cooper
- The Devil Walks · Anne Fine
- The Double Life of Pocahontas · Jean Fritz
- The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia · Candace Fleming
- The Fire Eaters · David Almond
- The Folk Keeper · Franny Billingsley
- The Friends · Kazumi Yumoto
- The Friendship · Mildred D. Taylor
- The Girl who Cried Flowers, and Other Tales · Jane Yolen
- The Great Little Madison · Jean Fritz
- The Haunting of Falcon House · Eugene Yelchin
- The Intruder · John Rowe Townsend
- The Lie Tree · Frances Hardinge
- The Lincolns · Candace Fleming
- The Longitude Prize · Joan Dash
- The Mona Lisa Vanishes · Nicholas Day
- The Moorchild · Eloise McGraw
- The Notorious Benedict Arnold · Steve Sheinkin
- The Pilgrims of Plimoth · Marcia Sewall
- The Port Chicago 50 · Steve Sheinkin
- The Race to Save the Lord God Bird · Phillip Hoose
- The Road from Home · David Kherdian
- The Schwa was Here · Neal Shusterman
- The Spring Rider · John Shults Lawson
- The Strongest Man in the World · Nicolas Debon
- The Top of the World · Steve Jenkins
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle · Avi
- The Village by the Sea · Paula Fox
- The Wall · Peter Sís
- The Way Things Work Now · David Macaulay
- The Weaver's Gift · Kathryn Lasky
- This Promise of Change · Jo Ann Allen Boyce
- Those who Love the Game · Glenn Rivers
- Tristan And Iseult · Rosemary Sutcliff
- True Believer · Virginia Euwer Wolff
- Upon the Head of the Goat · Aranka Siegal
- Vincent and Theo · Deborah Heiligman
- Voyaging to Cathay · Alfred H. Tamarin
- Young Fredle · Cynthia Voigt
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Other 6th grade genres
Middle Grade Fiction · Realistic Fiction · Middle Grade Fantasy · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Middle Grade Graphic Novel · Nonfiction · Adventure
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Frequently asked questions
What children's books are good for 6th grade students?
120 children's books have a grade range that covers 6th grade and are assigned across US-school curricula — Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and state ELA standards. Each title on this page links to its full curriculum citations and reading level.
Are these children's books grade-appropriate for 6th grade?
Every title's grade range covers 6th grade, so each is age-appropriate by curriculum placement. Check each book's themes and content notes before assigning.
How many children's books are on the 6th grade list?
This page lists 120 6th grade children's titles, ordered alphabetically. The list expands as more curriculum references are verified.
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